2022 PHILIPPINE RESPONSE - Report - Page 69
PHILIPPINE MEASURES
Discussions between CHED and MARINA on this specific grievance noted that,
with respect to the recommended equipment for MARCOM, the subsystem
Fleet 77 is not being used since it is part of the mandatory training for GMDSS
Radio Operators (Attachment 23, Attachment 24) that is conducted by MARINAaccredited MTIs which is taken by the BSMT graduates as a requirement for
certification as OIC-NW. Thus, the BSMT program includes only the
fundamentals in radiocommunications and does not need the actual
installation of subsystem Fleet 77 in the familiarization of the GMDSS
equipment.
However, CHED and MARINA recognize that based on the Curriculum Map and
the STCW Competences Map, the knowledge required under Table A-IV/2 of
Section A-IV/2 of the STCW Code will be expected by the EMSA auditors since it
was not specified in the JCMMC No. 01, 2019 that only selected and fundamental
knowledge and understanding will be covered by the BSMT curriculum. Thus,
in order to address this confusion MARINA and CHED updated the Curriculum
Map (Attachment 01-A1) and STCW Competences Map (Attachment 01-B1) to
specify the fundamental knowledge and understanding under Table A-IV/2 of
Section A-IV/2 of the STCW Code that will only be covered by the BSMT program.
The Administration took further actions as follows:
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KEY AREA 1
PROGRAMME AND COURSE DESIGN, REVIEW AND APPROVAL
